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Solo Artist · The Doggfather

Snoop Dogg

Active1991-present
OriginLong Beach, California, USA
Albums21
Tracks396

Most frequent collaborator: Andre Romelle Young  ·  46 tracks

Hip-HopRapG-FunkGangsta Rap
88%
Authorship
Artist

Holds writing credit on 350 of 396 tracks

Does Snoop Dogg write his own raps?

Yes. Snoop Dogg is credited on about 88% of his catalogue as the writer of his own lyrics, and in his early days he famously freestyled rather than writing anything down. He shares credit on nearly every song with the producers who make his beats, since he does not produce himself, which is standard for rappers. Songs like 'Gin and Juice' and 'Drop It Like It's Hot' are his words over other people's music.

By the Numbers

21
Studio Albums
396
Tracks Credited
88%
Self-Written
over 35 million
Records Sold
35
Years Active
982
Collaborators

Authorship Breakdown 350 / 396 self-written

Who wrote the songs?

Across all 396 tracks: how many Snoop Dogg wrote alone, how many they co-wrote, and how many were written by others. The bracket marks every track they hold any writing credit on.

Snoop Dogg has a writing credit88%
9%
79%
12%
Sole author37tracks9%
Co-written313tracks79%
Outside writers46tracks12%

Role Fingerprint how they contribute

Lyricist Performer Composer Producer
Snoop Dogg's roles across the catalogue

Share of all 396 tracks where they are personally credited, by role.

Lyricist (words)88%
Composer (music)88%
Producer11%
Performer33%

Authorship Over Time writing credit per album

Snoop Dogg's writing credit per album, in release order. Hover any bar for the album.

avg 88%
100%
81%
100%
100%
95%
100%
95%
100%
95%
100%
100%
92%
100%
100%
94%
22%
100%
100%
100%
25%
100%
1993Doggystyle
1996Tha Doggfather
1998Da Game Is to Be Sold, Not to Be Told
1999No Limit Top Dogg
2000Tha Last Meal
2002Paid tha Cost to Be da Bo$$
2004R&G (Rhythm & Gangsta): The Masterpiece
2006Tha Blue Carpet Treatment
2008Ego Trippin'
2009Malice 'n Wonderland
2011Doggumentary
2013Reincarnated
2015Bush
2016Coolaid
2017Neva Left
2018Bible of Love
2019I Wanna Thank Me
2021From tha Streets 2 tha Suites
2022BODR
2024Missionary
2025Iz It a Crime?
Early · 96% written
Mid · 98% written
Late · 72% written

Authorship by Decade track-weighted

95%
1990s
Doggystyle, Tha Doggfather +2 more
97%
2000s
Tha Last Meal, Paid tha Cost to Be da Bo$$ +4 more
80%
2010s
Doggumentary, Reincarnated +5 more
82%
2020s
From tha Streets 2 tha Suites, BODR +2 more

Authorship Spectrum pure performer to complete author

Where Snoop Dogg sits on the scale from a pure performer (0%, sings songs written by others) to a complete author (100%, writes everything). The bright marker is their catalogue authorship score, plotted against other artists on the site.

Snoop Dogg
Other artists on the site

Reference artists spread across the scale, closest by genre and era.

Metro Boomin0%
EXO8%
Backstreet Boys25%
Boyz II Men51%
TLC59%
Destiny's Child69%
Ice Cube98%
88%Snoop Dogg
Pure Performer0%
Songwriter~50%
Complete Author100%

Who Really Wrote the Hits signature songs

Who Am I? (What's My Name?)
Doggystyle
Written by Snoop Dogg, Dr. Dre, Calvin Cordozar Broadus Jr., Andre Romelle Young, George Edward Clinton, Bernard William Worrell, David Spradley, Garry Marshall Shider, William Earl Collins, Jerome Brailey, Mose Davis
Co-wrote
Gin and Juice
Doggystyle
Written by Snoop Dogg, Dr. Dre, Daz Dillinger, Calvin Cordozar Broadus Jr., Andre Romelle Young, Harry Wayne Casey, Richard Finch, Delmar Drew Arnaud Jr., Steve Arrington, Mark Adams, Raymond Turner, Daniel Webster, Stephen Washington
Co-wrote
Snoop's Upside Ya Head
Tha Doggfather
Written by Snoop Dogg, Calvin Cordozar Broadus Jr.
Wrote it
Still a G Thang
Da Game Is to Be Sold, Not to Be Told
Written by Snoop Dogg, Calvin Cordozar Broadus Jr.
Wrote it
Woof!
Da Game Is to Be Sold, Not to Be Told
Written by Snoop Dogg, Ricky Jones, Mystikal, Calvin Cordozar Broadus Jr., Michael Tyler
Co-wrote
Bitch Please
No Limit Top Dogg
Written by Snoop Dogg, Xzibit, Nate Dogg, Dr. Dre, Calvin Cordozar Broadus Jr., Alvin Nathaniel Joiner, Nathaniel Dwayne Hale, Andre Romelle Young
Co-wrote
Snoop Dogg (What's My Name Pt. 2)
Tha Last Meal
Written by Timbaland, Bill Bloom, Frankie Smith, Snoop Dogg, Timothy Zachery Mosley, Franklyn Smith, Calvin Cordozar Broadus Jr.
Co-wrote
Lay Low
Tha Last Meal
Written by Dr. Dre, Michael Elizondo Jr., Snoop Dogg, Master P, Nate Dogg, Butch Cassidy, Goldie Loc, Big Tray Deee, Andre Romelle Young, Calvin Cordozar Broadus Jr., Percy Robert Miller, Nathaniel Dwayne Hale, Danny Means, Tracy Davis, Keiwan Spillman
Co-wrote
From tha Chuuuch to da Palace
Paid tha Cost to Be da Bo$$
Written by Snoop Dogg, Pharrell Williams, Chad Hugo, R. Kelly, Calvin Cordozar Broadus Jr., Robert Sylvester Kelly
Co-wrote
Beautiful
Paid tha Cost to Be da Bo$$
Written by Snoop Dogg, Pharrell Williams, Charles Wilson, Chad Hugo, Calvin Cordozar Broadus Jr.
Co-wrote
Drop It Like It's Hot
R&G (Rhythm & Gangsta): The Masterpiece
Written by Snoop Dogg, Pharrell Williams, Chad Hugo, Calvin Cordozar Broadus Jr.
Co-wrote
Signs
R&G (Rhythm & Gangsta): The Masterpiece
Written by Snoop Dogg, Charles Wilson, Pharrell Williams, Chad Hugo, Simmons, Taylor, Calvin Cordozar Broadus Jr.
Co-wrote
Let's Get Blown
R&G (Rhythm & Gangsta): The Masterpiece
Written by Snoop Dogg, Pharrell Williams, Chad Hugo, Calvin Cordozar Broadus Jr., Steve Arrington, Daniel Webster, Mark Adams, Raymond Turner, Stephen Washington
Co-wrote
Gangsta Luv
Malice 'n Wonderland
Written by Snoop Dogg, The-Dream, Christopher Stewart, Calvin Cordozar Broadus Jr., Terius Gerasimowicz Nash
Co-wrote
I Wanna Rock
Malice 'n Wonderland
Written by Snoop Dogg, Elijah Molina, Robert Ginyard Jr., Calvin Cordozar Broadus Jr.
Co-wrote
Boom
Doggumentary
Written by Snoop Dogg, T-Pain, Alison Moyet, Scott Adam Storch, Terrace Martin, Calvin Cordozar Broadus Jr., Faheem Rasheed Najm
Co-wrote

Discography 21 albums

Collaborator Network who they worked with most

Snoop Dogg396 tracks
AR46 DD42 LB32 DB24 PW23 KG22

Bubble size = tracks worked on together. AR Andre Romelle Young · DD Dr. Dre · LB Lonny Bereal Jr · DB DJ Battlecat · PW Pharrell Williams · KG Kevin Gilliam

The Writers & Producers Behind Snoop Dogg 6 key collaborators

AR
Andre Romelle Young
Songwriter
Doggystyle / No Limit Top Dogg / Tha Last Meal / Paid tha Cost to Be da Bo$$46 tracks
DD
Dr. Dre
Songwriter & Producer
Doggystyle / No Limit Top Dogg / Tha Last Meal / Paid tha Cost to Be da Bo$$42 tracks
LB
Lonny Bereal Jr
Producer
Bible of Love32 tracks
DB
DJ Battlecat
Producer
Paid tha Cost to Be da Bo$$ / Tha Blue Carpet Treatment / Neva Left / I Wanna Thank Me24 tracks
PW
Pharrell Williams
Songwriter
Paid tha Cost to Be da Bo$$ / R&G (Rhythm & Gangsta): The Masterpiece / Tha Blue Carpet Treatment / Ego Trippin'23 tracks
KG
Kevin Gilliam
Songwriter
Tha Last Meal / Paid tha Cost to Be da Bo$$ / Tha Blue Carpet Treatment / Malice 'n Wonderland22 tracks

The Authorship Story

Data Insight

Snoop Dogg writes his own rap lyrics (the hip-hop standard) but outsources production entirely. His composer credit across most of his catalog is effectively zero: he has never been a beatmaker, and every album's sonic identity is defined by its producers rather than by Snoop himself. His early Death Row work with Dr. Dre set the G-funk template; later albums with Pharrell Williams (Bush, R&G), DJ Battlecat, DJ Premier, and ultimately Dr. Dre again (Missionary) show how Snoop's value as a performer sits almost entirely in the lyricist column.

Quick Facts

  • SalesHas sold over 35 million records worldwide across a huge catalogue
  • DoggystyleHis 1993 debut entered the Billboard 200 at number one with 806,000 first-week copies
  • Discovered by Dr. DreDr. Dre found him through a freestyle and produced his early classics
  • Drop It Like It's HotHis 2004 hit with Pharrell became his first Billboard Hot 100 number one
  • Grammy nodsNominated for 17 Grammy Awards over his career

Creative Fingerprint

A lyricist who leaves the beats to others: Snoop Dogg is credited on about 88% of his catalogue as a writer of his own raps, always sharing credit with the producers who make his music, since he does not produce himself.

The Story

Calvin Cordozar Broadus Jr. (born October 20, 1971), known professionally as Snoop Dogg, is an American rapper, media personality, and entrepreneur from Long Beach, California. He emerged as one of the defining voices of West Coast hip-hop and G-funk after his debut on Dr. Dre's landmark The Chronic (1992) and his own debut Doggystyle (1993), which became the fastest-selling rap debut in history at the time. Over a career spanning three decades, Snoop has released more than twenty studio albums under several labels including Death Row, No Limit, Priority, Geffen, and Empire, briefly recording as Snoop Lion in 2013 while exploring a reggae direction. His catalog is marked by his uniquely relaxed cadence, gangsta rap storytelling, and a persistent commercial relevance that has carried through the streaming era.

Awards & Recognition

Doggystyle (1993) debuted at number one with one of the biggest first weeks for a debut rap album at the time
'Drop It Like It's Hot' reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in 2004
Nominated for 17 Grammy Awards across his career
Widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential rappers of all time

Frequently Asked Questions Snoop Dogg

Does Snoop Dogg write his own raps?
Yes. Snoop Dogg is credited on about 88% of his catalogue as the writer of his own lyrics, and in his early days he famously freestyled rather than writing anything down. He shares credit on nearly every song with the producers who make his beats, since he does not produce himself, which is standard for rappers. Songs like 'Gin and Juice' and 'Drop It Like It's Hot' are his words over other people's music.
Who discovered Snoop Dogg?
[Dr. Dre](/artist/dr-dre/) discovered Snoop Dogg through a freestyle mixtape and signed him to Death Row Records in the early 1990s. Dre produced his debut Doggystyle and shaped the G-funk sound that made Snoop a star.
Who produced Snoop Dogg's music?
His biggest records were produced by Dr. Dre, who defined his early G-funk sound, and later by Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo of The Neptunes, who produced 'Drop It Like It's Hot.' Snoop writes the raps while these producers build the beats.
Who wrote 'Drop It Like It's Hot'?
'Drop It Like It's Hot,' from R&G (Rhythm & Gangsta): The Masterpiece (2004), was written by Snoop Dogg and Pharrell Williams, who also produced it. It became Snoop's first number-one single on the Billboard Hot 100.
Has Snoop Dogg won a Grammy?
Snoop Dogg has been nominated for 17 Grammy Awards over his career but is famous for never winning a competitive one, despite being one of the most recognisable figures in hip-hop.
How many albums has Snoop Dogg released?
This catalogue covers 21 studio albums, from his 1993 debut Doggystyle onward, one of the largest and most consistent bodies of work in hip-hop.
Why is Snoop Dogg called the Doggfather?
The nickname comes from his 1996 album Tha Doggfather and reflects his status as an elder statesman of West Coast hip-hop. It has stuck as one of his most-used monikers, alongside 'Uncle Snoop.'
What was Doggystyle?
Doggystyle (1993) was Snoop Dogg's debut album, produced by Dr. Dre. It entered the Billboard 200 at number one with 806,000 copies in its first week and helped define G-funk, with hits like 'Gin and Juice' and 'Who Am I? (What's My Name?).'
What genre is Snoop Dogg?
Snoop Dogg makes hip-hop, G-funk, and gangsta rap, known for his laid-back flow over funk-driven West Coast beats on classics like 'Gin and Juice' and 'Drop It Like It's Hot.'

Sources

Wikipedia: Snoop Dogg